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Description: Our neuroaffirmative care project seeks to better understand the wide range of coping strategies used by individuals with various neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions through direct communication with both clinicians and individuals with lived experience. Participants will be asked to complete a 20-40 minute survey regarding coping strategies observed in clinical practice. Through our survey, we aim to gather insights across a range of diagnostic groups including ADHD, ASD, and social anxiety to identify both shared and condition-specific strategies. Grounded in a neuroaffirmative framework, this project emphasizes recognizing neurodiversity as a natural variation of human experience, rather than a disorder that must be fixed. In this area of the project, we are interested in how clinicians observe coping behaviours in individuals and use that information to further tailor support to specific strengths and needs. Through analyzing these responses, our goal is to inform more personalized and affirming approaches to care that help clinicians work in ways that are both effective and respectful. Ultimately, this project aims to contribute to a broader cultural shift in clinical practice that values diversity in coping and functioning. The timeline for this project is July 2025 to December 2025.
Specifics: Study Population
Our study primarily targets Canadian clinicians working with adults diagnosed with ASD, ADHD, Social Anxiety, Major Depression, Tourette’s/Tic Disorders, and Learning Disorders, with a focus on their understanding of 'masking' or camouflaging'.
Participant Obligation:
Participants will complete a brief online survey (~20–40 minutes) regarding coping strategies and masking observed in their clinical work with neurodivergent adults.
Description: Are you 18-29 years old? Do you use cannabis to manage physical or mental health symptoms like pain, nausea, anxiety, mood, sleep problems, ADHD, or any other symptoms? If so, you may be eligible to participate in an online study about medicinal cannabis use behaviour among young adults. You do not need to have a prescription for cannabis from a healthcare provider to participate. This study is being conducted by researchers in the Behavioural Alcohol and Cannabis (BAC) Lab at York University (ethics certificate #024-250). Eligible individuals could receive up to $260 worth of electronic gift cards for participating in all components of the study. If interested, please click the link below for more info and to find out if you are eligible to participate.
Specifics: Study Population:
Young adults living in Canada (age 18-29)
Participant Obligation:
Participants will be asked to complete virtual interviews as well as daily surveys on their smartphones. The total estimated time commitment is 10 hours over a one-year period.
Description: The purpose of this research study is to explore Canadian faculty members’ engagement and challenges with knowledge mobilization activities within and beyond academia. Unfortunately, the culture in academia and institutional supports (or lack thereof) tend to over-incentivize the creation of academic KMb outputs and under-prioritize engagement in non-academic KMb. This imbalance is perpetuated by the strong “publish or perish” culture of academia, i.e., the intense pressures academic faculty members face to produce academic outputs to maintain their career standing. Faculty members who may be interested in engaging in more KMb are often met with the overwhelming burden of learning about KMb on their own. With varying degrees of institutional support across Canadian universities, little evidence-based guidance available, and few research studies examining modern-day KMb engagement, this becomes challenging for many faculty members, leading them to dis-engage with KMb altogether. This study aims to provide an updated reflection of current KMb efforts by Canadian faculty members, as well as a unique understanding of the current barriers they face and how universities can best support them.
Specifics: Study Population:
• Currently working as a tenure-track, tenured, or other form of permanent faculty member within a Canadian institution.
Description: Researchers from the University of Victoria are conducting an online study to determine the impacts of chronic pain and cannabis use on quality of life and health outcomes. We invite individuals who live with chronic pain and either A) use cannabis products at least once per week OR B) have not used cannabis in the past 10 years to participate.
Specifics: Study Population:
Participants must:
-Reside in Canada
-Be at least 45 years old
-Be living with chronic pain (lasting >3months)
-Have access to computer or tablet
-Either:
1) Use any cannabis product at least once a week
2) No cannabis use in past 10 years
Participant Obligation:
Participants will complete a phone screening and then, if eligible, be asked to complete 1) a set of confidential online surveys (~45 minutes); and 2) an online cognitive assessment (~30 minutes).
Participants will receive up to $20 in gift cards.
Location: Online - Victoria, BC
Project lead: Morgan Schaeffer, Supervisor: Theone Paterson
Description: Psychiatric diagnoses are an important means of communication among health professionals. They are used to guide treatment decisions, facilitate access to services, and predict future clinical management needs. Advancements in research continue to inform how clinicians conceptualize, assess, and treat mental health problems. For instance, recent changes to the classification of stressor-related problems, a category of psychiatric problems described in both the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR; American Psychiatric Association, 2022) and the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (World Health Organization, 2022), are indicative of a wider ongoing trend to better understand how different stressors and exposures influence the presentation of mental health difficulties. An important first step towards tailoring interventions and developing appropriate guidelines which address the complex interactions among stressor exposures and their sequalae include understanding what information clinicians most rely on to make diagnostic decisions, and how this information influences treatment decisions. This study examines how access to different diagnostic criteria informs clinical decision-making. Participants will be randomized into one of two conditions and asked to provide their diagnostic and treatment impressions for 5 cases.
Specifics: Study Population:
Registered mental health professionals in Canada and abroad.
Participant Obligation:
This study is a one-time online survey which takes approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.
Location: Online - London (ON)
Project lead: Stephanie Houle
Study Dates: décembre 11, 2024 to décembre 31, 2025
Description: This research focuses on a critical reason for the shortage of Black Canadian school psychologists: their experiences of and how they navigate anti-Black racism at work (for details, see Banks & Callahan, 2022; Cooper, 2021; Proctor et al., 2016; Smith, 2021; Truscott et al., 2014). Only a handful of researchers in the United States (Cooper, 2021; Banks & Callahan, 2022; Proctor et al., 2013; Smith, 2021; Truscott et al., 2014) have completed closely related research about African American school psychologists’ work or internship experiences. While the researchers above did not set out specifically to explore African American school psychologists' experiences of anti-Black racism at work, their findings revealed that this was a significant issue frequently experienced by them. Since there appears to be no research on Black Canadian school psychologists’ experiences of anti-Black racism and how they navigate it in their professional lives, it is essential to complete research that examines this issue in Canada. Therefore, the question for this research is - How do Black school psychologists navigate anti-Black racism in the workplace?
Specifics: Study Population:
Black Canadian school psychology practitioners (registered or in process of registration), including psychological associates, psychoeducational consultants, psychologists, etc., employed, retired, or resigned from a school board in past two years.
Participant Obligation:
They are willing to discuss how they navigate anti-Black racism at work and can commit to a 90-minute audio-recorded Zoom or in-person interview at OISE/UT. All participant data, including name and place of work, will be confidential.
Location: Online (Virtual Zoom interview) - Toronto, Ontario or in person at OISE/UT.
Project lead: Deanne Edwards, Supervisor: Dr. Roy Moodley
Description: This study is a randomized control trial that seeks to test the efficacy of a novel form of online psychotherapy to treat social anxiety in HIV-negative men who have sex with men. Participants who are eligible will receive 12 online psychotherapy sessions to better manage their social anxiety, substance use, and sexual HIV risk behaviour. We hypothesize that participants will experience reduced sexual risk behaviour, reductions in social anxiety symptoms, and will reduce substance use in sexual situations. Participants will complete a baseline assessment consisting of 1) an online questionnaire about mental health, substance use, and sexual health, 2) an online interview with a clinician about mental health and substance use, and 3) in-person HIV and STI testing with a research nurse. If you choose to participate in this study, you will be asked to attend in-person STI testing appointments up to 4 times throughout the study at our laboratory located at Toronto Metropolitan University. Participants may be eligible to receive up to $380 in compensation for their time. For more information and/or if you wish to participate, please contact us over email at sexual.confidence@torontomu.ca or call 416-979-5000 ext. 552179.
Specifics: Study Population:
We are recruiting HIV-negative men who are actively having sex with other men, are not currently using PrEP, and who experience anxiety in social situations.
Participant Obligation:
Participants will complete 4 assessments and 12 psychotherapy sessions via Zoom for Healthcare, and in-person STI testing at the baseline, post-intervention, 3- and 6-month follow ups.
Participants complete the study over the course of 10-12 months.
Location: Online via Zoom for Healthcare and the HIV Prevention Lab (TMU) 105 Bond Street, Toronto, ON, M5B1Y3
